Gmail via Exchange on iPhone (Help!!)

Qwerty Dub

Hi,

So on another thread I said I got a replacement iPhone 5 from Apple yesterday. I went home and plugged phone in and updated to IOS6.1 before restoring from a backup.

After I restored from backup I was prompted to enter the password for my 3 Gmail Exchange accounts. I did this and then got an error saying mail could not connect to server or similar. No matter what I did there was no joy. Tried deleting the accounts and starting over but still the same story.

Settings are all fine, the usual m.google.com server etc and all details are 100% correct and I get ticks to verify this upon setting up account from scratch.

Has anyone else had this issue? After a bit of Googling I came across something to say that Google no longer support exchange as of 30th January. But it still works on my iPad with the same set up and on other peoples phones. Was working fine on mine up to yesterday.

Anyone have a work around or solution? I don't want to set up as a gmail account as I lose Push notifications which i need as I need to see certain mails as they hit. I know I could use the Gmail app but Im a fan of the native app and have it set up with different tones for each mailbox and to send from any mailbox with a certain account as default etc & i like the setup.

Any ideas?

Don't know why Google would do such a thing. Makes litttle sense to me.

Cheers...

Deep Thought

Dont know why you are using exchange for Gmail....

Just into mail and add Gmail account

guil

Deep Thought wrote: »

Dont know why you are using exchange for Gmail....

Just into mail and add Gmail account

Don't think you can have push on gmail without it being an exchange account. It isn't in the settings anyway

Qwerty Dub

Deep Thought wrote: »

Dont know why you are using exchange for Gmail....

Just into mail and add Gmail account

As said above there is no push with gmail setup. Has to be Exchange.

cookie1977

Seems to be an iOS6. Issue:
http://t.co/DO9rHcQc

WayneEnterprise

Probably because Exchange support for Gmail has been dropped:

http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/14/3767626/google-dropping-google-sync-exchange-support-for-gmail-calendar-and

WayneEnterprise

cookie1977 wrote: »

Seems to be an iOS6. Issue:
http://t.co/DO9rHcQc

It's nothing to do with that - the 6.1 bug just causes excessive server logging on the exchange server for people using Microsoft Exchange email.

Qwerty Dub

Yeah, Google has dropped it. Is there any known work arounds?

Its still an option for Googles Apps for business users which costs $50 per year. Can anyone just sign up for that? Did a bit of googling but couldnt find an answer. Anyone familiar with the Google Apps setup?

guil

cookie1977 wrote: »

Seems to be an iOS6. Issue:
http://t.co/DO9rHcQc

Was that a subtle dig at iPhone? Have to pull the battery on your blackberry lately?

cookie1977

No, not at all.

Zapp Brannigan

Does the Gmail app not offer push?

Qwerty Dub

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

Does the Gmail app not offer push?

It does but as I stated in my OP I prefer the native app & have various tones for different mails & recipients etc & can send from any of my various different addresses.

Just looking for an alternative work around or if anyone knows if i can avail off the Google Apps for €5 per month.

TBi

Qwerty Dub wrote: »

Just looking for an alternative work around or if anyone knows if i can avail off the Google Apps for €5 per month.

Probably not what you want to hear but i'd take the cheaper option and change to hotmail/outlook.

I'm slowly changing away from GMail since they announced they are removing exchange support.

Qwerty Dub

Decided to just go with the Google Apps for Business option. At least I'll get exchange & push back & a custom email address.

All i need now is to try get a .ie domain name registered. That should be fun.

doctorwho-fan

Can anyone help please, my sister set up a gmail account on my phone for herself but doesn't use it anymore, alot of my contacts defaulted to connected to my gmail and when i deleted the gmail account I lost my numbers. we don't know what the password for gmail is and can't contact anyone in google to get help, is there a phone number where I can talk to a human being?? I have tried to retrieve password but not getting anywhere. These contacts are really important clients, can anyone help please?

naasrd

doctorwho-fan wrote: »

Can anyone help please, my sister set up a gmail account on my phone for herself but doesn't use it anymore, alot of my contacts defaulted to connected to my gmail and when i deleted the gmail account I lost my numbers. we don't know what the password for gmail is and can't contact anyone in google to get help, is there a phone number where I can talk to a human being?? I have tried to retrieve password but not getting anywhere. These contacts are really important clients, can anyone help please?

Check if the contacts are backed up in itunes

doctorwho-fan

Don't have itunes on phone, any other ideas??

guil

iTunes is on the phone but it just links to the iTunes Store. What he means is iTunes on a pc. Did you set it up with a pc or sync with one recently

doctorwho-fan

no phone wasn't synced with a pc, still no joy with gmail